Thorndike Biography: A Widow's Story : A Memoir (Hardcover)

from michaelbartley

this is Ms. Oats memoir of her grief and loss after the death of her husband. Similar to the year of magical thinking. I found to be a very powerful and moving book. I am a huge fan of Ms. Oates, I think she is a wonderful writer. This book reinforces that believe. I learned alot about her. She m...

from teresa1953

From the first I have to admit to being a huge fan of Joyce Carol Oates. Her writing is just incredible and having read most of her 115 books, I could not resist this one. This memoir is a moving tribute to her beloved husband Ray, who died somewhat unexpectedly in February 2008. JCO, as she ofte...

from brangwinn

Oates book is a help for people like me who can't understand overwhelming grief, When her husband died at age 77 Oates was overcome by grief. At times I wanted to say "Get Over It." and yet her insight as to what it was like helped me to see someone else's world. Yes, it was definitely self-cente...

from zibilee

In this haunting and lyrical memoir by Joyce Carol Oates, a wife speaks candidly about her husband's untimely death and the repercussions it has on her life after the unthinkable happens. When Joyce's husband Ray is up earlier than usual one morning, she immediately notices that something is just...

from SamSattler

One year and six weeks before her husband's death, Joyce and Raymond were lucky to walk away from an automobile accident that could just as easily have killed both of them. Joyce Carol Oates and her husband, publisher and editor Raymond Smith, would look upon each day after that accident as a gif...